Lots has happened - but various parts keep getting taped off so David can paint.  We only had about one day to enjoy the wood floors and then they had to be papered off to protect them.  Likewise the windows have had plastic on them and no lights yet so it's been fairly dark and not overly exciting.

However, the ceiling, trim, and entryway cabinets are all painted.  Left to paint is just the walls and kitchen cabinets.  Oh, and the countertops are IN!  But you won't get to see it as it's taped off in this photo...we only had about 12 hours to enjoy that as well.

We've had a difficult time getting the kitchen cabinet color correct.  What you'll see in these photos is NOT the color we were hoping for.  It's a little too mint green for what we're wanting.

Today was a pretty exciting day though.  Stair treads got installed and they look awesome! They might not look impressive to those of you who take your stairs for granted, so I'll toss in some before photos.

This before photo is from when we first bought the house - so the stairs are super sad looking.  They were also much skinnier!  Remember David went to all of the work remaking the entire stairs just to add 10 precious inches to the width.  Best 10 inches ever. 

All of the lights also got installed today.  Happy to be doing some of the finishing touches. 

Actually starting to look like a kitchen again!  Fingers crossed we'll get the correct paint color tomorrow and the cabinets can be done.  The kitchen wall against the stairs will be tiled up to the ceiling, paint the walls, final touches on the wood floor and install the appliances...after that we're really pretty close to being able to move into the new kitchen.